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Just take my first sub, Mr D Law esq.

1 Andy Ranken 2 Andy Taylor 3 Anne Baker 4 Arthur Scargill 5 Bernadette Chirac 6 Carlos Bilardo 7 Chris Hoy 8 Cindy Birdsong 9 Dai Henwood 10 Danny Wallace Footballer 11 Dave Blunts 12 Dave Cousins 13 Denis Law 14 Eddie Jordan 15 Elliot Page 16 Esther Rantzen 17 Flying Officer John Hemingway 18 Gary Street 19 Gunther von Hagens 20 James Bolam 21 James Van Der Beek 22 Jimmy Zoppi 23 Joe Doering 24 Judy Loe 25 Julie Goodyear 26 Kanya King 27 Khaleda Zia 28 Linda Ronstadt 29 Lindsey Buckingham 30 Liza Minelli 31 Louis van Gaal 32 Ludek Miklosko 33 Marianne Faithfull 34 Michael Tilson Thomas 35 Nigel Starmer-Smith 36 Noam Chomsky 37 Norman Tebbit 38 Patrick Murray 39 Paul Hogan 40 Phil Collins 41 Princess Bajrakitiyabha 42 Ronnie Atkins 43 Simon Case 44 Sophie Blake 45 Sophie Kinsella 46 Stephen Rezza 47 Steve 'Mongo' McMichael Joker 48 Tom Brokaw 49 Trisha Goddard 50 Violeta Chamorro S1 Vladimir Putin

1 Andy Ranken 2 Anne Baker 3 Bernadette Chirac 4 Carlos Bilardo 5 Chris Hoy 6 Cindy Birdsong 7 Dai Henwood 8 Denis Law 9 Dennis Skinner 10 Douglas Hurd 11 Esther Rantzen 12 Flying Officer John Hemingway 13 Gunther von Hagens 14 Ian Smith 15 Ivan Mišković Brk 16 James Bolam 17 James Watson 18 Jean-Marie Le Pen 19 Joe Doering 20 Johnnie Walker 21 Judy Loe 22 Julie Goodyear 23 Kanya King 24 Katharine, Duchess of Kent 25 Lady Antonia Fraser 26 Linda Ronstadt 27 Louis van Gaal 28 Ludek Miklosko 29 Maurice "Hank" Greenberg 30 Michael Tilson Thomas 31 Nigel Starmer-Smith 32 Noam Chomsky 33 Norman Tebbit 34 Oscar Wyatt 35 Paul Hogan 36 Pete Murray 37 Pope Francis 38 Princess Alexandra of Kent 39 Roy Clarke 40 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 41 Sidney Cooke 42 Song Ping 43 Sonny Rollins 44 Sophie Blake 45 Sophie Kinsella 46 Steve 'Mongo' McMichael 47 Tom Brokaw 48 Tom Lehrer 49 Trisha Goddard 50 Yoko Ono S1 Eddie Jordan S2 Vladimir Putin S3 Simon Case

1 Steve 'Mongo' McMichael 2 Richard "Black Bart" Harris 3 Dai Henwood 4 Flying Officer John Hemingway 5 Pete Murray 6 Johnnie Walker 7 Anne Baker 8 Judy Loe 9 Andy Ranken 10 Ludek Miklosko S1 Denis Law S2 Song Ping

Right then! ANDY RANKEN ARTHUR SCARGILL DAI HENWOOD DAVE BLUNTS ELLIOT PAGE GUNTHER VON HAGENS IAN SMITH Joker IVAN MIŠKOVIĆ BRK JOSÉ MUJICA JUDY LOE KANYA KING KATHARINE, DUCHESS OF KENT LORNA LAIDLAW MAURICE "HANK" GREENBERG MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS NOAM CHOMSKY OSCAR WYATT PAUL HOGAN PETE MURRAY PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF KENT RONNIE ATKINS SIDNEY COOKE SIMON CASE STEPHEN REZZA VIOLETA CHAMORRO CARLOS BILARDO S1 SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD S2

Carter the Unstoppable ex Machine

On a surely unrelated note The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick is the Conservative MP for Newark, and has been an MP continually since 5 June 2014. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Justice. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4320/contact

Update - not a 2025 dash pick. Successful 6 hour op to remove a mass a few days ago. Moss announced Friday that he had undergone a six-hour surgery to remove a cancerous mass from his bile duct, after earlier having a stent placed in his liver. He said he was hospitalized for six days and would be undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatment https://www.espn.com.au/nfl/story/_/id/43016477/justin-jefferson-vikings-pay-tribute-randy-moss-amid-cancer-fight

OH NO THEY DON'T! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6l0dynz7zo (It is panto season, after all)

Will he have two hearses?

10 PRINT "RIP" 20 GOTO 10

He's taken the man from the Pru

Thought I'd start a thread for the musical and cultural phenomenon of Madchester seeing as many of the scene's movers and shakers are now entering their 60's, hoovered up vast amounts of drugs at the time, and are highly obitable. Triggered by watching this video and having a gasp at the state of Mike Pickering (Hacienda DJ, M People) - skip to 4.30. He looks terrible. On the other hand most of New Order look pretty good (although Bernard is now morphing into the old bloke who sits in the same chair in the pub every weekday afternoon nursing a pint of bitter, reading the paper and occasionally reminiscing about his time working for the local bus company).

I did think about having a crack at this but it's a bit of a herculean task so unlikely it'll progress at my end. If anyone does fancy it then this site is really handy for the inevitable questions along the lines of "who are all those people playing with The Style Council who aren't Talbot, Weller and Dee C Lee?" http://liveaid.free.fr/pages/liveaidtimesdetaileduk.html

One of Britain's biggest double-glazing suppliers has crashed into administration, leaving insolvency practitioners engaged in a race to salvage hundreds of jobs. Sky News has learnt that Everest, which has been owned by the prominent financier Jon Moulton's investment firm Better Capital for more than a decade, called in administrators this week. https://news.sky.com/story/double-glazing-giant-everest-crashes-into-administration-13122865 Responsible for one of the most iconic TV adverts -

I couldn't find a thread that deals with alcohol, pubs etc. Sad news for the CAMRA types today: Bessie Davies, the “iconic” publican of the Dyffryn Arms pub in the Gwaun Valley in Pembrokeshire, has died at the age of 93. The Dyffryn Arms, fondly known by locals simply as Bessie’s, has featured in The Good Beer Guide for 40 successive years, despite having no wifi, no television, no bar, and serves “only Bass” through a hatch in the wall. Davies, who worked in the pub before becoming the owner for 73 years, died peacefully on Saturday 16 December and was one of the UK’s longest serving publicans. https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2023/12/93-year-old-landlady-whose-welsh-pub-served-only-bass-has-died/

ha ha, OK yes you are correct. Xmas deaths are always a nightmare. I'll go back to bed.

Charlie Bird. https://news.sky.com/story/former-rte-correspondent-charlie-bird-has-died-aged-74-13093105 BTW my scoreboard number is wrong above, with Bird's death I have the following Beckenbaur, Franz Bird, Charlie Delors, Jacques Draper, Derek Irwin, Jonnie Zagallo, Mario So that's 6

Under "weaknesses" you've put "dead" RIP big man

Die Mannschaft One of the all-time great full backs.

The press reports seem to be skipping over all those prostitutes he murdered in Ipswich

In the afterlife

A really underappreciated track. First heard on the classic Indie Top CD - volume 10, the best in the series!

Elland Brewery, two time winner of CAMRA's Champion Beer of Britain with 1872 Porter (which is a really, really good beer). https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/02/elland-brewery-faces-closure/

My missus used to go into Body Shop years ago when Roddick was in charge. Fell apart after, shoddy customer service and stopped innovating. Feels like a long time coming.